Pay Your Pledge Issued for War Savings Stamps
Pay Your Pledge reports that Texans who pledged to buy United States Government War Savings Stamps will be called on August 27th to settle or liquidate their pledges for the year. Government officials urge monthly payments to meet the Texas quota of 91 million dollars by year end, with an average 3 million dollars in stamps purchased weekly.
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Dallas
Texas
National War Savings
Louis Lipsitz
National War Savings Committee
Treasury Department
Mr. Lipsitz
Notice to Public on Draft Registration and Literacy
Josephine Rainwater chief clerk appeals to Grayson County residents to aid all draft age men who cannot write their names for the August 24 and September registrations. She states no pay can be drawn until a man can sign his name. She offers to personally instruct those lacking literacy in Sherman.
Revival Ministers Lead Kentucky Town Meeting
Rev I E Teague and Rev O H Smith of Nevada conduct a revival in Kentuckytown. Miss Thelma Skaggs of Sherman visits J C Skaggs family. Shook families from Hugo Oklahoma Whitesboro and Pauls Valley Oklahoma visit Mrs F E Wittitoe and Miss Alice Shook. Miss John Parks and Miss...
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I. E. Teague
O. H. Smith
Nevada
Thelma Skaggs
Sherman
J. C. Skaggs
W. A. Shook
Hugo
Oklahoma
B. D. Shook
Whitesboro
G. T. Shook
Pauls Valley
F. E. Wittitoe
Alice Shook
John Parks
Local Social Notes and War Savings Updates
Emma Garuder of Cooper visited Robert Chumbley and family recently. Miss Pearl Martin of Selfs is a guest of Mrs W L Caylor. The Red Cross meets here at 8 o clock every Thursday. The War Council and War Savings Society meet the 2nd and 4th Friday nights each month. It is desired that all pledges for War Savings Stamps for August be settled on Presidents Day the 27th. Miss Allie Shook left Monday for Dallas. W L Carlor has moved to his country home near Walnut Grove. Bernice and Thelma Chumbley of Klondike are visiting their cousins Relda and Ethel Chumbley.
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Emma Garuder
Cooper
Robert Chumbley
Pearl Martin
Selfs
W. L. Caylor
Red Cross
War Council
War Savings Society
Texas
W.S.S
Allie Shook
Dallas
W. L. Carlor
Walnut Grove
Bernice
Thelma Chumbley
Klondike
Relda
Ethel Chumbley
Tatwell Social Opens With Informal Musical
Miss Ella Clay Woodson of Tatwell Tennessee hosted an informal musicale at her home on Friday evening. The program was arranged by Miss Woodson and featured Miss Helen Hoadley Baraboo Wisconsin Mr Jack B Tenner Los Angeles and Miss Woodson. Guests included Miss Claire Hoadley Baraboo and Mr William Hodges Whitewright Texas among others.
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Ella Clay Woodson
Tatwell
Tenn
Miss Woodson
Helen Hoadley
Barabou
Wis
Jack B. Tenner
Los Angeles
Claire Hoadley
William Hodges
Piles Cured Fast with PAZO OINTMENT Sold by Druggists
PAZO OINTMENT promises cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days. It relieves itching and helps restful sleep after the first application. Money back refund offered if it fails. Price not shown.
Subscription Price Change Notice for Sun Newspaper
The notice announces a subscription renewal incentive and a price increase. After September 1, the Sun will cost $1.40 outside Grayson and Fannin counties, prompting readers to renew now to save fifty cents.
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the Sun
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Definite home measures for early child development
The article argues for a child friendly room with plain furniture a small table and chair a secure chalkboard and accessible pictures. It advocates letting a child handle his own works including color story pictures and visits to the family living room to learn standards of art and care.
Beloved of New Yorkers in Washington Square
Observers describe Washington Square as a charming gathering spot with benches shaded by maples and a lively mix of locals and visitors. The scene features kids shining shoes for a nickel, mothers guarding crying babies, and a passerby noting the Washington Arch and Cooper Union nearby.
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New York
Trafalgar Square
Place de la Concorde
Esplanades
Rio
Washington Square
Mike
Washington Arch
Cooper Union
The Dense Oriental Joke at Edinburgh Dinner
E V Lucas writes of Baron Kickuchi guesting at a Edinburgh dinner. A Scotsman’s gag about counting money before gas shocks the baron who declares he does not understand. He spoils the joke by asking how a Scotsman cannot know his own money.
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Edinburgh
E. V. Lucas
Kickuchi
Tokio University
World Holidays Reveal Global Bank Closures Across Year
A Guaranty Trust Co report shows banks open worldwide on only 84 days this year. The rest, 281 days, feature a civil or religious holiday or Sabbath somewhere. New Year’s Day is the only universal holiday with 11 different New Year dates observed. Five Christian nations do not recognize Christmas legally.
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Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Happiness of Olden Days in Elizabethan Strand
A pamphleteer from 1597 recalls Maypole celebrations in the Strand and the prevalence of music in everyday English life. Barbers and their apprentices are described as the era’s primary performers with fiddles citterns and guitars common in shops across districts.
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Strand
Merry
England
Bess
Patriotic Greek Makes Ready to Fight Bodies
Spokane Washington James L Dorgan a Greek immigrant trains for combat against Germany after coming from Athens four years ago. He progressed from public school to high school while working at a newspaper and earning 600 dollars. He owns a Liberty bond and holds War Savings stamps.
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Spokane
Wash
James L. Dorgan
Greece
Uncle Ram
Athens
SAILORS EAT SEAWEED IN MID OCEAN RESCUE SAGA
The Norwegian steamer Augvald bound from a French port to Baltimore was sunk by a German submarine. Eleven crew members of twenty seven were rescued after eleven days adrift, having survived mainly on seaweed and rainwater. Three sailors died. remaining crew were rescued in exhausted condition and cared for aboard a passing liner.
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Augvald
Baltimore
Ocean
Egge
French Cities Grow Rapidly As War Immigration Swells Populations
Paris area exodus and wartime immigration push secondary French cities to new highs. Marseilles tops 1,000,000, Lyons rises from 530,000 to 740,000, Bordeaux to 325,000, with expands in suburbs. Havre grows to 159,000 excluding garrisons and refugees.
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Paris
France
Marseilles
Lyons
Bordeaux
Havre
Granddad Is Still Young Soldier Joins Engineers
James A House of Clinton Mont, enlisted in the Missoula recruiting office and joined the engineers' replacement company. He kisses grandchildren and leaves relatives as he bids farewell to friends before departing for service. His family includes a son in the service and three daughters in their own homes.
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Spokane
Wash
James A, House
Clinton
Mont
Mr. House
Uncle Sam
Engineers
Missoula
Thompson Veneer Buys Walnut Tree From Wabash College
W. T. Thompson Veneer of Edinburg Indiana purchased a walnut tree for 650 from Wabash College Crawfordsville. The tree sits on campus among native forest growths. Its body will become airplane stock and the stump will be veneer for piano cases.
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Edinburg
Ind
W. T. Thompson Veneer Company
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
W. J. Thompson
Indiana
Sugar Ration Across Allies Compared as War Demands Grow
The United States urges a voluntary two pounds per person per month sugar allowance while Allied nations enforce varied controls. England and France impose stricter limits with higher prices, Italy tightens distribution under state sugar, and Germany maintains ample home use amid reduced exports. Prices abroad reach 10 to 26 cents per pound, versus 74.5 cents in the United States.
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America
England
France
Italy
United States Food Administration
Germany
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